apprehension arrest catch collar pinch taking into custody | the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal), the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar |
collar leash | a figurative restraint, asked for a collar on program trading in the stock market, kept a tight leash on his emotions, he's always gotten a long leash |
choanocyte collar cell | any of the flagellated cells in sponges having a collar of cytoplasm around the flagellum, they maintain a flow of water through the body |
cervical cap | a contraceptive device consisting of a small thimble-shaped cup that is placed over the uterine cervix to prevent the entrance of spermatozoa |
choker collar dog collar neckband | necklace that fits tightly around a woman's neck |
clerical collar Roman collar dog collar | a stiff white collar with no opening in the front, a distinctive symbol of the clergy |
collar neckband | a band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over |
collar | a band of leather or rope that is placed around an animal's neck as a harness or to identify it |
collar shoe collar | the stitching that forms the rim of a shoe or boot |
collar | a short ring fastened over a rod or shaft to limit, guide, or secure a machine part |
collar | anything worn or placed about the neck, the thief was forced to wear a heavy wooden collar, a collar of flowers was placed about the neck of the winning horse |
dog collar | a collar for a dog |
Eton collar | broad white collar worn over the lapels of a jacket |
garrote garotte garrotte iron collar | an instrument of execution for execution by strangulation |
Peter Pan collar | a flat collar with rounded ends that meet in front |
turtleneck collar polo-neck collar | a high close-fitting turnover collar |
collar | (zoology) an encircling band or marking around the neck of any animal |
cervical smear Pap smear Papanicolaou smear | a sample of secretions and superficial cells of the uterine cervix and uterus, examined with a microscope to detect any abnormal cells |
cervical artery areteria cervicalis | an artery that supplies the muscles of the neck |
cervical vein deep cervical vein vena cervicalis profunda | a vein that accompanies an artery of the same name |
cervical plexus plexus cervicalis | a nerve plexus lying beneath the sternocleidomastoid muscle |
cervical canal canalis cervicis uteri | a spindle-shaped canal extending from the uterus to the vagina |
cervical glands cervical glands of the uterus glandulae cervicales uteri | mucus-secreting glands in the mucosa of the uterine cervix |
cervical nerve | any of eight pairs of spinal nerves emerging from the cervical section of the spinal cord |
cervical vertebra neck bone | one of vertebrae in the human spine located in the neck region |
collar blight | a disease affecting the trunks of pear and apple trees |
cervical disc syndrome cervical root syndrome | an abnormal condition resulting from compression of spinal nerve roots in the neck region, involves neck pains and muscular weakness and paresthesia |
collar nail apprehend arrest pick up nab cop | take into custody, the police nabbed the suspected criminals |
collar | furnish with a collar, collar the dog |
collar | seize by the neck or collar |
hot under the collar(p) | very angry |
propertyless wage-earning working-class blue-collar | of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial laborers, party of the propertyless proletariat- G.B.Shaw |
white-collar | of or designating salaried professional or clerical work or workers, the coal miner's son aspired to a white-collar occupation as a bookkeeper |
pink-collar | of or relating to a class of jobs once traditionally filled by women, a pink-collar employee |
blue-collar | of or designating manual industrial work or workers |
cervical | relating to or associated with the neck |
cervical | of or relating to the cervix of the uterus, cervical cancer |